Counter-terrorism unit leads inquiry into stabbing of two boys at north London school

DCS Luke Williams speaking to members of the media at Kingsbury high school, where two boys, aged 12 and 13, were stabbed. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA

A police counter-terrorism unit was on Tuesday night leading the inquiry into the stabbing of two boys aged 13 and 12 at a school in north-west London.

Police were called to Kingsbury high school in Brent on Tuesday afternoon after reports that a 13-year-old boy had been stabbed. When they arrived at the scene, officers found a 12-year-old boy who had also been stabbed.